Upstate NY man fatally stabs wife, another woman

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. (AP) >> Police in suburban Syracuse have arrested a man on murder charges in the fatal stabbings of his wife and another woman.

The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office says 26-year-old Justin Dallas, of Syracuse, entered the home of his wife, 24-year-old Brandy Dallas, in the village of Liverpool at about 11 a.m. Monday and began arguing with her.

Authorities say he stabbed her and another woman, 30-year-old Samantha Rainwater, several times with a folding knife.

He also pushed a third unidentified woman down a flight of stairs before fleeing in his wife’s vehicle.

Police chased him to Onondaga Lake Park and caught him after he ran into the lake.

Rainwater and Brandy Dallas were both pronounced dead. The third woman suffered non-life threatening injuries.